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  1. @scotlanded This is a cogsci test!12:20 PM Jan 23rd from web
  2. #sciwri08 LB: shift funding away from "marketing" trials to trials meaningful to doctors/patients. This is actully happening in Italy.3:11 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  3. #sciwri08 Giant holes where safety studies and risk management should be. Conflict of interest report also redacted. Scary, scary stuff.2:54 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  4. #sciwri08 LB: Many times the results don't agree with the conclusion. This is why my professors are always at me to skip the end of articles2:47 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  5. #sciwri08 LB: A study funded by the tobacco industry is 90% more likely to claim second-hand smoke has no ill effect than non-TI funded ones2:45 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  6. #sciwri08 Cost of a "complete spontaneous bowel movement" under a former anti-constipation drug: $155. That's a hell of an expensive poop.2:40 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  7. #sciwri08 I now know what a "complete spontaneous bowel movement" (CSBM) is. My cookies look far less appealing.2:38 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  8. #sciwri08 37 percent of drug vs. drug studies do not disclose from where they get their funding. Journals still publish these papers.2:26 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  9. #sciwri08 LB: "It's fun to see who funds these studies - Merck, who makes a statin, and McDonalds, which causes the disease."2:23 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  10. #sciwri08 A study funded by a drug company is four times as likely to find favorable results for the drug than non-industry funded studies.2:20 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  11. #sciwri08 LB opens with the "cycle of bias in research" Why should we care? Bad studies get into many sources,people need to trust research.2:15 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  12. #sciwri08 Lisa Bero, UC-SF, takes the stage to talk about faulty clinical trials, drug companies and what we should do to make trials better2:12 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  13. #sciwri08 One of the people who animated Star Wars helped animate SP's presentation. It's cute - people laugh at satellites beaming graphs.1:51 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  14. #sciwri08 CP: "The names might be the best part of all this." Theorists will "cheerfully admit" that they're doing an intellectual exercise.1:27 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  15. #sciwri08 SP: Forget the Big Crunch, universe is *accelerating*. "Better get your astronomy done while you can; the universe is taking off."1:24 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  16. #sciwri08 The fate of the universe explained to us as a function on a graph. I find myself wishing I were better at the whole "math" thing.1:22 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  17. #sciwri08 SP wanted to give us a talk on "How to measure the fate of the universe with tools you can find in your own house." Awesome.1:19 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  18. #sciwri08 A mind-boggling idea: the universe is expanding. Universe is infinite already, but the space between entities is getting larger.1:12 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  19. #sciwri08 SP: Einstein relied on the "fudge factor" to make his equations work; failed to take into account that the universe is expanding.1:09 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  20. #sciwri08 - Saul Perlmutter, UC Berkeley, takes the stage to talk to us about dark energy."...This ties back to some fundemental questions."1:06 PM Oct 28th, 2008 from web
  • Name rlichtenfeld
  • Location Columbus, OH
  • Bio I study communication at OSU, and twitter for travel stipends.
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